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spine on the upper side, about midway between the base and 

 apex. The tibiae of the middle pair of legs are furnished with 

 five spines at the apex, and on the posterior tibia there are 

 four spines in the same situation, two of which are very large. 

 The tarsi exhibit nothing peculiar. The plantula or acces- 

 sory joint is very minute, pointed, and terminated by two 

 small bristles. 



Colour fyc, — The upper parts are of a deep, rich, but dull 

 green,* having, in certain lights, a slight rust-like tint on the 

 disc of the elytra and thorax. The legs and under parts of 

 the body are likewise of a deep green, but glossy, and ex- 

 ceedingly changeable according to the direction of the light; 

 cupreous and brassy reflections being generally very conspi- 

 cuous. The upper side of the head and clypeus is white,f and 

 has a velvet-like appearance : the apical portion, as well as 

 the under side of the clypeus, however, is glossy and black : 

 the antenna are black. The thorax is broadly margined 

 with white at the sides, (with the exception of the extreme 

 edge), the white extending for a short distance on each side 

 in a narrow line along the posterior margin ; the anterior mar- 

 gin is narrowly edged with white : a longitudinal, narrow, 

 white line, commencing in front, runs along the centre of the 

 thorax, and extends about one-third of its length : on each 

 side of this line is a longitudinal, broad, white patch, which 

 extends backwards from the anterior margin of the thorax. 

 Within but near the outer margin of each elytron is an irre- 

 gular white band, which is somewhat interrupted in parts, 

 especially near the apex of the elytra, and at the apex it is 

 broken into irregular small spots, but near the suture is ex- 

 panded, and forms a large white patch : just above this patch 

 there are several irregular, small, confluent spots, having a 

 tendency to form one spot of a large size. On one of the ely- 

 tra there is a white line, running parallel with the suture, and 

 extending from the cluster of small spots to the large apical 

 patch. The terminal segment of the abdomen is of a dark 

 green colour, in tint and want of gloss resembling that of the 

 upper parts of the elytra, and has two large, irregular, white 

 patches, between which there is but a narrow green space : 

 at the apex of this segment is a fringe of dark yellow hairs. 

 The head is black beneath : near the eye on each side there 

 is a small, yellowish-white, velvet-like patch. The under- 



* At this moment I cannot recollect any common insect to whose colour 

 I can compare the present species, unless it be Cicindela campestris; but 

 it is of a decidedly deeper hue than that insect. 



f There is a slight brownish hue on this part at present, but Lieut. Strac- 

 han informs me that when the insect was fresh, the head was pure white. 



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